Liquor Commission Assists Homeland Security

The New Hampshire Liquor Commission is assisting the NH Department of Homeland Security and NH Army National Guard to help transport millions of pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to first responders.

Upon the delivery of millions of pieces of PPE, the NH Department of Homeland Security recognized that it needed a very simple yet critical item to help this equipment reach first responders – boxes. With nearly $800 million in annual wine and spirits sales, Homeland Security turned to the Liquor Commission to utilize the thousands of boxes that liquor arrives in.

The NHLC Division of Enforcement and Licensing personnel will be escorting a five-ton military transport vehicle driven by the NH National Guard to multiple NH Liquor & Wine Outlets to pick up boxes at the following locations until they obtain enough boxes to reach their goal. Then, within 24 to 48 hours, phase two of the initiative will have the NHLC picking up thousands of more boxes from the DHL Supply Chain Warehouse in Bow in an NH Liquor & Wine Outlet tractor-trailer to deliver to the National Guard Reservation.

Helping Hospitality

The NH Liquor Commission also launched an effort to raise $125,000 for the restaurant and hospitality industry.

Rare bottles of Pappy Van Winkle, Buffalo Trace O.F.C, Sazerac Rye, Old Fitzgerald and Michter’s to be raffled to raise funds for workers impacted by COVID-19 The New Hampshire Liquor Commission (NHLC) is raffling six of the world’s most sought-after whiskeys and bourbons, including decades-old, rare bottles of Pappy Van Winkle, Buffalo Trace O.F.C and Sazerac Rye from the Buffalo Trace Distillery, and selections from Heaven Hill and Michter’s, in an effort to raise $125,000 for New Hampshire restaurant and hospitality employees impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Proceeds will be donated to the NH Restaurant and Lodging Association’s (NHLRA) NH Hospitality Employee Relief Fund. 

In addition, pending the expiration of travel restrictions, winners will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to NH in July or August , luxury hotel accommodations, and $500 to spend on meals at NH restaurants. Only 1,250 tickets will be on sale for $100 each through June 1. Ticket purchases and rules are available at www.liquorandwineoutlets.com/restaurantrelief.